Where an investment banking advisor claimed it lost a significant fee when another company purchased the target company, its tortious interference claim failed because the successful purchaser’s conduct was not the reason for the first failed deal. Background Jason Syversen ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a requester failed to exhaust his administrative remedies, the government prevailed on his Freedom of Information Act, or FOIA, suit. His claims that requiring exhaustion frustrated the purpose of FOIA, would have been futile or was waived were rejected. ...

Tagged with: Administrative Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an ISIS member participated in a conspiracy that resulted in the 2014 deaths of hostages in Syria so that they were unavailable for criminal proceedings, out-of-court statements by the decedents were permitted under the forfeiture by wrongdoing hearsay exception. ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where video evidence showed a transportation security officer, or TSO, shoved another TSO officer at Dulles Airport, an investigation concluded the second officer was not the aggressor and the shoving violated the Transportation Security Agency, or TSA’s, code of conduct, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the parties disputed the steps Discover Products Inc. undertook to investigate the plaintiff’s complaints about his credit reports, cross-motions for summary judgment on a Fair Credit Reporting Act, or FCRA, claim were denied. Moreover, the reasonableness of a furnisher’s ...

Tagged with: Consumer Protection Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where a Fairfax County police officer alleged his job duties were transferred after he filed a complaint about sex and age bias, but the record showed the transfer was the result of a complaint made against him by another officer, ...

Tagged with: Employment Discrimination Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where the defendant allegedly transferred real property via a gift deed after learning about an IRS audit, but the transfer wasn’t recorded in land records, the consideration was just 0.0025% of the $400,000 value and he continued using the property ...

Tagged with: Civil Practice Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where an underwriter failed to join other necessary and indispensable underwriters to its suit over whether event cancellation insurance policies provided coverage for events canceled because of COVID, and the addition of those parties would destroy jurisdiction, its suit was ...

Tagged with: Insurance Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where Eli Lilly subpoenaed Novartis in the Eastern District of Virginia seeking discovery for use in European patent disputes between the parties, but Novartis neither “resides” in nor “is found” in this district, the request was denied. Background Eli Lilly ...

Tagged with: Evidence Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District

Where parties disputed whether the plaintiff’s right to purchase an affordable housing development was triggered, there was no federal question jurisdiction. Although the housing development was created to take advantage of federal tax credits, resolution of the claims did not ...

Tagged with: Contract Judge T.S. Ellis III U.S. District Court - Eastern District